Star Trek: The Future of Mankind?

'Star Trek' used to be a TV series in the 1960's, 1990's and the early 20th century. Recently 3 movies were made based on the 1960 episodes. It is based in 24th century Earth and talks about the voyages of the starship 'Enterprise', the flagship of the 'United Federation of Planets' formed by the humans.

It's mission is to seek out new life forms, discover new planets and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has ever gone before.

The Enterprise

Way ahead in the 24th century, Star Trek depicted Earth in utopia, where there were no wars and the planet lived as one in harmony. The technological capabilities of the humans were tremendous: an artificial force field surrounded Earth, starships that could warp the spacetime continuum and weapons that could destroy a planet.

Are humans progressing fast enough to reach that stage in 300 years? Now that is a question that everyone can ponder over.

One thing is certain, whether or not Star Trek is the future of mankind, that Earth is yet a dream, but what a dream!

2 Books You Must Read to Keep You Engrossed on a Summer Afternoon

Experiencing terrible boredom on a hot summer? Shed your worries as these 2 books/series will turn your bore into a blast!

1. 'The Young Samurai', written by Chris Bradford:

All voracious adventure/action readers, this one's for you! Packed with scenes of courage, adventure and action, this is my all-time favourite series. The series is based in the early 17th century in Japan. The principal character of the story is Jack, a 12 year old boy from England.

His father, the captain of the ship sailing to Japan, was just about to drop anchor, when they were attacked by a clan of ninja-pirates, led by the infamous ninja 'Dragon Eye' who instills fear in the hearts of all. Excepting Jack, none of the crew members survived. Jack was rescued by the legendary samurai sword master, Masamoto Takeshi, and learns Japanese from a Portuguese scholar.

This is only a small part of the true magnanimity of the story and hence it is my favourite.

2. 'The Hobbit', written by J.R.R. Tolkien (prelude to the 'Lord of the Rings'):

Now this, is what I call 'A flawless and timeless masterpiece'. And 'The Times' indubitably agrees. Readers of Classics, this book will truly blow you away, if you haven't already. This is the story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.

Bilbo Baggins, the star of the story, is a hobbit, that is, an unusually tiny fictional creature. Like all other hobbits of the Shire, Bilbo enjoys a quiet and unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his comfortable hobbit hole. Just when he couldn't be more contented, all of a sudden, the wizard Gandalf, and a party of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an adventure, 'There and Back Again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug, a humongous and menacing dragon. What this story tells, can never be retold. Such is the lucidity of Tolkien's language. It is this which places it among my most celebrated books.

Don't forget to send your feedback for the books once you've read them!

My Trip to Hong Kong

On 25th December, midnight, My family and friend left on a trip for Hong Kong. It was a wonderful place, with an amazing culture and well developed infrastructure. I recommend everyone to visit this place, because of its tall skyscrapers, amazing people and fascinating history. We visited 3 places in Hong Kong - Lantau Island: the island where Disneyland is located, Macau: where we spent the days at the Venetian, and Kowloon:the city area of Hong Kong.

Universal Explorers - 2 - The Alien Invasion

Alex and Drake had just spotted an alien mothership arriving at Earth, with a red flag held up, indicating war. This piece of information was announced to the world. Everybody stayed at home looking tensed. Meanwhile, Alex and Drake were assigned the task of hacking into the alien mothership, to find out their exact destination.

My Trip To Ooty

On 21 October 2015, my family and I left for a 3 day trip for Ooty, also called Udhagamandalam. It was a wonderful place, with nature showing its beauty. We stayed in a hotel called Taj Savoy, which was very action-packed. We enjoyed our trip very much.

The Universal Explorers - 1

Volume 1

Alex and Drake had just finished building their 'wrist watch' teleporter. They were sitting on easy chairs and were thinking of exploring the universe - And so Alex said - "Why don't we explore 55 Cancri f? Time for adventure."

The Universal Explorers

Prologue

Alex and Drake were crazy chemists, physicists, astronauts and astronomers trying to invent a universal teleporter in their lab. They had been working on it for months and were finally able to build something. Their idea of a teleporter was a wrist watch! Pretty crazy isn't it? This is the prologue to the volume and tells you how they manage to build it and why they wanted to use it? The next volumes talk about how they used their teleporter.

Palindrome Finder

Hey guys! Need some help in finding out if a word is a palindrome or want to find the reverse of the word? Easy! Just check out this program I have written on Scratch. Scratch is a programming language that even kids can use. It was built by some students from MIT - One of the top universities in the world.

My Trip To Sikkim

On the afternoon of 16 May, I along with my family left for Kolkata to meet my grandmother. We were going to spend a day there and then leave for Sikkim by train from Sealdah Station along with both my grandmothers. One of my grandmothers had come from Chennai to go with us on our 11 day journey. 

The Big Fight - A Scratch Project

An image of the game I made

How To Play

• Press '1' for the 'Saber Spin' attack, press '2' for the 'Saber Throw' attack and press '3' for the 'Force Attack' attack.
• Press the 'up' arrow key to jump.
• Press the 'side' arrow keys to move left or right.

All the best!!!